National Republican., 1887-10-24


"This glorious hope reviyes
Our courage by the way,
While each in expectation lives
And longs TO see the day"
Prof Henry Eyre Browne rendered on the
organ an aria with variations by Ctamer
The text of the sermon was from Epheslans
iv, 25 LET not the sun go down upon YOUR
wrath" DR.. Talmage said
What a pillow, embroidered of all colors
hath the dying day The. cradle OF clouds
from which the sun Uses is beautiful enough,
but it is surpassed by the many colored maui
soleum IN which, at evening, IL Is buried.
Sunset among the mountains It almost,tak
ones breath away to recall the sceno. The
the glory, OF the departing light on the. tiptop
crags and struck aslant through the foliage,
the more transplcuous Saffron aud gold,
SPs Sa Pessss saS Of IN run Inc
roses at their deepest blush. banners Of vapor,
red as If from carnage, in the battle of the ele.
ments. The hunter among the Adiron-
dacks and the Swiss vilager among the
Alps know what is sunset among
ne rd5,u m,Gnntains After storm ,so at sea
down to bathe at Dghtiall is something to
make weird and splendid dreams out of for n
lifetime. Alexander Smith, In hispoem, com
pares the sunset to the barren oeaoh of hell"
but this wonderful spectacle OF nature makes
me think Of the FURNISHED wall OF heaven.
Paul, 10 prison writing my text. remembers
tains Of Asia Minor, aud how he had often
seen the towers Of damascus blaze In the close
of the oriental days. and he flashes out that
memory In the text when he says, LET not the
sun go down upon your wrath
=. Sublime and all suggestive duty for people
then then and people now; FoTgyene,s&s & before f, % Sun.
nation is imbecile He who can walk among
the ipjustiees. of the world. inflicted upon
fash Of eye or agitation ot nature Is either in
sympathy with wrong or semiidiotiU. When
Ananas, the high priest, ordered the consta.
bes i hs cGn S se saS pa in ng
tmite thee thou wbited wall" In the SEN
tence mme ediately before my text Paul COM
mands the spheslans: "Be ye angry and sin
and how long the feeling lasts whether anger
Is right or wrong. Life IS full Of evaporation.
after Moses, the Pasquins after Augustus, the
Pharisees after Christ, and every one has had
his pursuers, aud we are swindled or belied
way wroneed, and the danger Is that health. attn
ful indignation shall become baleful spite, and
that our feelings settle down into prolonged
onitpourng M oi temper a aisPieaslng 70 God ana
injunction of the text: "Let not the sun go
down upon your wrath"
=, Why that Limitation to ones anger2 Why
that period OF flaming yapor set to punctuate a
flaming disposition What has the sunset got
to do with ones resentful emotions? Was II a
By Pn without VI sys
reasons why we should not let the sun set be.
fore our temper sets.
TO be cross about any wrong inflicted upon u.s.
Nothing is so eXhausting to physical health or
mental faculty as a protracted indulgence Of
ba TaSts e tss
and heart until the whole body is first over
heated and then depressed. Beside that, 1t
fours the disposition, turns one aside from his
legitimate work, expends energies that ought
tobe better employed, and does us more harm
than II does our antagonist. Paul gives us a
good, wide allowance Of time for legitimate
says, "step thereP' Watch the descending orb
of day, and when 1t reaches the horizon take
reef IN your disposition: % gnloose your collar
delightfully."- pleasant. Unroil your tight fist
and shake hands with some one. Bank up the
dog dog Of II enmity back to its Kennel The 'h hours @
OF this morning will pass by, and the afternoon
will arrive, and the sun will begiu to set, and
beg you on its blazing hearth throw all your
feuds, inyectives and sa,ires.
other things being equal, the mau who pro.
serves good temper Will come out ahead. Au
derson, OF Bristol England, was at a dining
party where political excitement ran high and
the debate got angry, and while Henderson
his argument, dashed glass of wine, in his
face, when the speaker deliberately wiped the
liquid from his face aud said "This, sir, is q
arsnment" H While 'SS Worldly Rl piiosopay @ % coad @
help but very few to such equipoise OF spirit,
the grace OF God could help any man 70 such a
have, either left the table in anger or have
knocked the man down" But have come
to believe that nothing Is impossible II God
helps, since what saw al Beth. Shan faith cure
in London, England, two summers ago While
the religious service was going on Rev. DR..
Boardman, glorious man, since gone to his
heavenly rest, was telling the scores of sick
people present that Christ was there, as of old:
to heal all diseases, and that If they would
only believe, their sickness wonld depart. l
saw woman near me, with hand and arm
twisted of rheumatism, and her wrist was
fiery with Inflammation, and 1t looked like
those cases of chronic rheumatism which we
have al seen and sympathizsd with, cases DC
t OF the Words W s yo SseSe
Do you believer Do, you believe now%
this bRoS6r seG womqn sSsy WITH
ing, ~ do believe" And then she laid
her twisted arm and hand out as
straight as your n arm ma, ana a, hand and or mine II
have been much more thrilled. Since then ]
believe that God will do anything in answer, to
our prayer and in answer to our faith, and he
twisted and misshapcn OF revenge and hate
and iniamed with sinful procliyity. He can car,
forgiveness of enemies If YOU can realize that
their behavior towards you may be put into the
OF @ de /, abosn ni9g na ToFf TO-
had multitudes of friends, but have found in
my a,T"vaea oWn tbst taa' vrsSSsi Go
opporipniies of usefulness that that have 'bssi been
opened before me were opened by enemies
And when, years ago, they conspired AGAINST
me, that opened all Chrstendom to me as
may harness your antagonists to your best In
lerosts and compel them to draw you on tc
better work and higher fIharaGter Suppose
O'clock this evening, when the sun will set
you transact this glorious work of forgiveness
again: We ought not to let the sun go dowr
on our wrath, because we will sleep better 4
we are at peace with everybody. Insomnia II
orders. How few, people retire at 10 O'clock a
night and sleep clear through to In the morn
ing To relieve this disorder all narcotics, and
sedatiyes, and chloral. and bromide of potas
stun, and cocaine, and intoxicants are used
but nothing Is more important than q quie
spirit II we would win somnolence. How is 0
man going 70 sleep 3y,y when zen. he Is in mind pqr W
will start out of dream That new plar
for eornering his foe viii keep him, wide
awake while the clock strikes eleven
you an unfailing prescription for wakeiulness
Spend the evening hours rehearsing YOU
wrongs and the best way Of avenging them
your parlor or office at s ald 0oclock, Close
the evening by writing bitter letter express
Ing your sentiments Take from tho desk o.
your mind with your evenings meanness
Then lie down and walt for the coming oftht
day, and It viii come before sleep comes oi
oursleep viii be worried qulescence, and 1
youta the preeaution to lie fiat on you
back, irightiul nightmare, Why
not put bound to your animoslty'
Why icy your foes come into the sanotities o
who have already torn your reputation tC
pieces or injured your business, bend owe
your midnight pillow and drive from you on,
OF The greatest blessings that God can offer
sweet, refreshing, all invigorating sleep. WhS
not fence ont yonr enemies by the golden bar
of the sunset? Why not stand behind he b ir
ricade OF evening cloud and say tn them: ''Thu
far ard no farther" Many man and man,
woman Is having the health of body as wei
MS the health of soul eAten AWAY by n malay